Over at Gizmodo, they have got the details of the new iphone outlining some new stunning feature such as a camera at the front. Other than that the disign has evolved from being slick and slim to a bit bigger and more squared. For more information go over to Gizmodo’s site.
Microsoft ‘Bing’ on the search world
In a very crowded market Google has taken over every day life. Everywhere you go you hear the phrase ‘just Google it’ . It may not have all the answers but it is pretty dam good.
Microsoft has played second fiddle to Google for too long in the search engine arena and, they also tried to use their bullish tactics to buy Yahoo! and failed miserably. Therefore, Microsoft has more or less abandoned its previous ‘Live search’ efforts in order to concentrate development on its new search engine, Bing. Microsoft, you can’t buy your way to the top anymore.
As far as the actual search engine goes, we have been using it since its UK launch in early June and so far it looks quite promising. Microsoft hasn’t reinvented the wheel, it’s fast and it’s easy on the eye, the related search section is clear and simple. The image search has cut out the need to cycle through pages and the video search gives you a mini previews from within the search window when you hover over it with the mouse.
Hitwise early results indicate Bing is doing well, and after just 73 hours of going live in the UK, Bing climbed to 11 per cent of UK internet visits. This 11 percent is 3 times more than Ask and Yahoo’s combined internet visits. Microsoft will find it challenging to maintain the 11 per cent..
So who’s going to win the search engine wars? ‘just Google it’ or ‘just Bing it ’
Other recent launch: ‘Wolfram Alpha ’, computational knowledge engine that draws on multiple sources to answer user queries directly.
Gadgets will account for 45% of UK households electricity bills by 2020
Research from the Energy Saving Trust indicates Plasma TVs, high-end PCs and mobile phones currently account for 25% of a UK household’s electricity consumption rising to 45% by 2020, as we continue to purchase more power-hungry gadgets. Per household, this means an increase in energy use from 1,000kWh per year at present, to 1,700kWh in 2020.
At today’s prices that’s an increase of £97 per household per year on electricity bills. The rise in electricity use by entertainment and information technology is the reverse of trends in the rest of the house. In the kitchen, for example, manufacturers have been very successful at improving the efficiency of fridges, dishwashers and washing machines.
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Gadget Jargon Still Confuses Many
This article on the BBC claims many people do not understand tech jargon and it is becoming a stumbling block for techy products becoming more widely accepted…
Here is the list of the top 10 most widely mis-understood tech jargon:
- Dongle
- Cookie
- WAP
- Phone jack
- (Nokia) Navi Key
- Time shifting
- Digital TV
- Ethernet
- PC Suite
- Desktop
I’d say i’m quite up to date with my tech/geek jargon with my love for gadgets. I’d say accents are more of a stumbling block for me especially when its mixed with slang. Bring back the Queen’s English 
What’s your least favourite piece of jargon and why?